Comparison of PCB Surface Treatment Effect Using UV Equipment and Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Equipment

UV 장비 및 대기압 플라즈마 장비를 이용한 PCB 표면 처리 효과 비교

  • Ryu, Sun-Joong (Advanced Technology Team, Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. LTD.)
  • 유선중 (삼성전기 기판선행개발팀)
  • Published : 2009.09.30

Abstract

Low pressure mercury lamp type UV equipments have been widely used for cleaning and modification of PCB surfaces. To enhance the productivity of the process, we newly developed remote DBD type atmospheric pressure plasma equipment. The productivity of both equipments could be compared by measuring surface contact angle for various transferring speed. By the result of the measurement, we could verify that the productivity of the atmospheric pressure plasma be superior to the productivity of the UV equipment. XPS experiments confirmed that the surface effect of the UV and atmospheric pressure plasma processing are similar for each other. Organic contamination level was reduced after the processing and some surface elements were oxidized for both cases. Finally, the atmospheric pressure plasma equipment was adapted to flip chip BGA's flux printing process and it was concluded that the printing uniformity be enhanced by the atmospheric pressure plasma surface treatment.

PCB 표면 개질 및 세정에 있어서 저압 수은 램프를 이용한 UV 장비가 널리 사용되어왔다. 본 연구에서는 공정의 생산성을 향상 시키기 위하여 기존 UV 장비를 대체하여 리모트 DBD 방식의 대기압플라즈마 장비를 새로이 개발하였다. 두 장비의 생산성 비교는 처리 시간 증가에 따른 표면 접촉각의 변화를 측정함으로써 정량적으로 비교할 수 있었다. 측정 결과 대기압 플라즈마 장비의 생산성이 UV 장비에 비하여 매우 우수한 것으로 확인 되었다. 또한 XPS를 이용한 표면 조성 측정 결과 동일한 접촉각 수준에서 UV 및 대기압 처리의 효과는 유사한 것으로 파악되었다. 즉, 유기 오염 수준이 감소되었으며 표면 일부 표면 원소가 산회되었다. 최종적으로 대기압 플라즈마를 BGA제조의 플럭스 도포 공정에 적용하였는데, 대기압 플라즈마를 처리함으로써 도포 공정의 균일도가 향상되는 결과를 얻을 수 있었다.

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